A sidelight on history: Being the letters of James McHenry [to Thomas Sim Lee, written during the Yorktown campaign, 1781

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20 페이지After waiting here to cover the retreat of our wounded and stragglers, we
retreated to Nowel Mill. During the course of the action we brought forward troops
to our support, but we had no use for them. Our loss is not considerable in killed,
almost ...

27 페이지services rendered by the officers make me happy to think, that although many
were wounded, we have lost none. Most of the field officers had their horses
killed. The same accident to every horse of two field pieces made it impossible to
move ...

34 페이지There were taken in the expedition about 140 prisoners, and the enemy's loss in
killed and wounded is thought to be little short, as the firing lasted upwards of two
hours and not more than from forty to fifty yards distance. We destroyed four ...